tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24417328.post8067325658624065242..comments2016-10-25T10:45:58.224+02:00Comments on Copenhagenize.com - Bicycle Culture by Design: “Cars have come to stay and they are getting cleaner and cleaner,”Mikael Colville-Andersenhttps://plus.google.com/108270242317175376315noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24417328.post-55059573376940126922012-11-15T14:21:22.218+01:002012-11-15T14:21:22.218+01:00The business case for grand toll roads just doesn&...The business case for grand toll roads just doesn&#39;t add up. In Spain and elsewhere they&#39;re going bust. Who&#39;s going to invest in roads and cars? All the costs will come back to the public purse if they are crazy enough to be approved. http://www.euronews.com/2012/10/12/end-of-the-road-for-spanish-motorway/Eric Boothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02186765632681106897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24417328.post-64055418132036450762012-11-12T15:29:00.623+01:002012-11-12T15:29:00.623+01:00Gross. He should come to the U.S. and do a tour of...Gross. He should come to the U.S. and do a tour of our famous car cities. Spend a week in Houston, then Phoenix, and Los Angeles and see if he&#39;d like to live in a city that was built for cars. A ped / bike-friendly city is a humane city.Sally aka Fixperthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01941020713631691461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24417328.post-83891879540226657312012-11-12T02:45:46.257+01:002012-11-12T02:45:46.257+01:00The reduction in pollution from cars has absolutel...The reduction in pollution from cars has absolutely nothing to do with their carbon emssions which you did not mention. Anything that encourages even more car use is just wrong, period. tstreethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15575262418428068589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24417328.post-14519466182357352012012-11-12T02:23:10.035+01:002012-11-12T02:23:10.035+01:00anIf asked to choose between coal and nuclear, I w...anIf asked to choose between coal and nuclear, I would choose nuclear. Despite Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima, [http://spectrum.ieee.org/static/fukushima-and-the-future-of-nuclear-power] I believe the human society is smart enough to make this power source safe. U.S. nuclear powered ships are an ongoing demonstration of safety and reliability for the past half century. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Naval_reactor]jnileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08622331456545495103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24417328.post-26868965976610336742012-11-12T01:00:41.823+01:002012-11-12T01:00:41.823+01:00Car&#39;s aren&#39;t really getting any cleaner.
E...Car&#39;s aren&#39;t really getting any cleaner.<br />Electric cars will push our demand for hydro even more. Although I&#39;m a big supporter of wind &amp; solar, they won&#39;t power electric cars and everything else we need -- which means either coal or nuclear.<br /><br />Space required is also an obvious issue with conceding &quot;cars have come to stay&quot;.<br />(Most likely) the next premier of Ontario wants to build a news highway. This highway cuts through vital green space. Again, how is this helping to be &quot;cleaner &amp; cleaner&quot;?Ryan Zamariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15589492356827998591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24417328.post-9890382093669572042012-11-12T00:52:56.603+01:002012-11-12T00:52:56.603+01:00So the Social Democrats campaigned on a congestion...So the Social Democrats campaigned on a congestion charge, which they ditched, and they&#39;re now going to build a big highway? That sure is an interesting development.Erik Sandblomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14411108063216855210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24417328.post-2131989258964000572012-11-12T00:43:31.523+01:002012-11-12T00:43:31.523+01:00Yup, the biggest problem of cars is not pollution,...Yup, the biggest problem of cars is <i>not</i> pollution, it&#39;s the crazy huge amount of space they demand (the accomodation of which destroys and warps the entire urban landscape), and their deleterious effects on the surroundings (who wants to live anywhere a highway?) and on social life generally (by dramatically increasing isolation and reducing chance interactions).<br /><br />When you look at the reduction in car usage and desire amongst the young, it has <i>nothing</i> to do with pollution or the economy or any of the usual bugbears.<br /><br />I&#39;m not sure whether the pollution scare is a good thing or a bad thing... It&#39;s good because it&#39;s proven an effective way to help promote alternatives to car usage, and to damage the &quot;cars for everything&quot; notion that has fixated western society for 50 years, but it&#39;s a bad thing in some ways because it&#39;s focused attentions in a way that allows politicians (like this bozo) to declare &quot;mission accomplished&quot; as soon as they see a few people driving electric cars or something.Miles Baderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12341201158832109978noreply@blogger.com